A walk in the park

Enthralled by all the kids playing on the toys















Pointing out all the facinating things going on















More pointing...

Geez mom, if you hadn't put so many damn layers on me I could probably get up on my own!















She poker her finger in that hole (filled with water of course) 20 plus times...probably the highlight of her day.



















This is what Anna looks like when she poops her pants...look at that concentration. :)


What a fun family day we had today! It started off with a sleep in for mama (glorious)...around 9:00 I was awaken by the sounds of my little angel squealing and giggling with daddy downstairs. I instantly felt like I was missing out so I went down to join in the fun. Anna is always so happy to see me and I must say it is the best feeling in the world. I walked into the room and her face just lit up. Enter, warm fuzzy feeling. We played for an hour or so until it was time for the bear to take her morning nap. Once she woke up and we got her dressed and fed, it was time for a little lunch out for us...this is mommy and daddy's cheat day and pizza was calling our names! After a delicious lunch at Farelli's (where Anna managed to ham it up for everyone there) we took her to a park near our house.

I thought for sure she would want to play on the toys and go down the little slide, but she was MUCH more interested in staying on the sidewalk and watching the other kids play. She would squeal when they would and clap her hands. Too cute. :) She was also very interested in trying to peel old solidified gum off the path as well as play in storm water that had accumulated in little holes. Very interesting stuff! She had no interest in walking in the bark or on the grass...she stuck to the cement paths and covered picnic area. :) She's been wearing her first pair of hard soled shoes for this past week so she's a little wobblier in those, so maybe she didn't like the uneven ground.

The girl LOVES being outside though. I think she's going to want to live outside this summer. Kathy (our daycare gal) said that Anna was always the first to go outside and the last to want to come in last week (we had some gorgeous sunny days). This the really the first time she's gotten to explore the outside world, now that she's a little older and walking, so she's discovering all sorts of new things. We love watching her grow!

Weekend o' fun

Grandpa Dufault giving "Annie"(that's what he likes to call her) her bottle















Dufault 4 Generations




















"I hope my boobies get to be this big"















Auntie Karen reading Anna a bedtime book















"Hey guys, look at me on my car!"















Me and my daddy















I'm pretty sure she's getting into something she should not be















Hafsos 4 Generations


Well, this update is long overdue. What can I say besides, I'm a busy, working mama who is on the computer all day at work (not doing fun things unfortunately) and so that's the last thing I want to do when I get home. Especially when I have my bear and my papa bear waiting for me! :)

At any rate, I will try to be better about keeping this updated at least weekly. So, we are already half way done with this week which I love! I love three day weekends for that exact reason. We spent our extended weekend in Yakima after I found out Sara and her family were going to be in town. I called her up and asked if we could meet them there and crash the party and she said come on over! :) It just so happened that my parents had made plans to be in Yakima that weekend as well to visit family so we got to see lots of people. It was a fabulous weekend with the exception of a sickness on my behalf. I started not feeling quite like myself on Saturday and by that night I felt like the flu was kicking my butt. I got to bed early and got a good night's sleep and woke up with no more flu symptoms...instead I had hugely swollen glands and a terrbily sore throat. I went to the dr. to see if I had strep and thankfully I did not. Just a viral thing she said. Pain reliever seemed to ward off most of the pain, but it still sucked...I tried not to get too close to anyone over the weekend and I just pray that I didn't get anyone sick.

We stayed at my Aunt Karen and Uncle Rick's house which is where my parents stayed as well. We hung out with Sara and her family all day on Saturday which was a blast! I have missed them dearly and it was wonderful to visit and catch up and to see her three darling kids again. They are so cute and I will do whatever necessary to make sure Anna marries Dane, their youngest...he's only a month younger than Anna. Although, that might be weird for her to marry a man with the same name as her dad. Hmm...we might have to re-think this. Maybe she'll marry Nathan...he's only about a year and a half older. :) We then headed to my aunt and uncle's late that afternoon for a family dinner. My grandma was there which was great and we just sat around and ate and visited and played with Anna. She was such a trooper for the weekend and performed quite nicely. :) Sunday, we headed back to Sara's house for another couple of hours and then went to my grandma and grandpa's house for a nice dinner before we came home (we choose to travel at night so Anna can sleep...excellent choice on our part!). They loved seeing Anna and thought she is just a beautiful little girl. Who am I to argue?

We didn't get home until about 11:30 Sunday night and then Monday (my day off) we had Dane's family over for his birthday celebration. He turned the big 3-2 on the 13th so we had some serious celebrating to do. :) We made bbq'd hamburgers and played Wii and just had a great time. The kids had a great time playing together and we even held a dance party toward the end of the day. Our nephew Cole has some pretty hip dance moves! It was a VERY packed weekend and we are still trying to recover from it...I told Dane I needed a day off to recover from the weekend!

On that note I am headed to bed...it's only 9:30 and that is glorious to me! Isn't my daughter adorable?